AutoForm-Incrementalplus
Software for
Die Tryout and Validation of Complete Stamping Process
AutoForm-Incrementalplus simulation software is specialized for accurate
die tryouts and final validation of the complete stamping process.
It incorporates highly advanced technology to address the sheet
metal forming industry’s springback problems, and it is the
most widely used tryout software in the automotive industry today.
AutoForm-Incrementalplus simulates all steps in the forming process,
efficiently and with easy user set-up:
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Gravity
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Binder wrap
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Draw
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Automatic part positioning when changing tools between two operations
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Trim
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Secondary forming operations – restrike, flanging, hemming
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Springback – after each forming or cutting operation, and at the
end of the forming process
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Accurate calculation of tool forces
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Improved drawbead modeling by
consideration of the uplift force in the binder model and the possibility
of variable drawbeads definition
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Improved constrained springback
calculation by simulation of supporting pins
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Increased accuracy potential
by the new material law Banabic 2005
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AutoForm-Incrementalplus is the first and only software that combines
the best solution techniques – using either a full shell
or a bending-enhanced membrane, as appropriate – producing
accurate simulation results of the entire forming process quickly
enough for practical use in industry.
AutoForm-Incrementalplus 's structured approach for input and output
data reflects the toolmaker’s philosophy and the reality of the
process workflow in the press shop.
AutoForm-Incrementalplus 's many technological innovations make the software:
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Fast and reliable – accurate incremental tryout results are
available in only 10 to 120 minutes for most sheet metal parts (about
10 times faster than prior generation software, with the same accuracy level).
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Intuitive and practical – the software is easy-to-use for die
face designers, die makers and tooling, stamping and manufacturing engineers.
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Cost-efficient – expensive computer hardware and FEA
expertise are not required.
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AutoForm-Incrementalplus tryout results include all factors required
to analyze and optimize the entire sheet metal forming process:
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Splits and wrinkles
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Thickness and strain distribution
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Forming Limit Diagram (FLD)
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Blank draw-in
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Zebra analyses for checking outer surface panel quality
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Skid and impact lines
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Free springback between operations, and clamped springback in
a measurement device
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Springback evaluation – whether relative to a reference
geometry or part geometry, in a press or vehicle coordinate system
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This product may practice one or more of the following patents
owned by or available to AutoForm Engineering GmbH, Switzerland:
European patents 1290515, 1623287, 1665103, 1741012 and US patents
7542889, 7623939. Other European, other US and JP patents pending.
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